Jack Thompson's "secret shopper" ploy along with his credit card-toting 15-year-old son continues. Thompson has recently given out a statement that he will file a lawsuit against Best Buy today for charges of selling M-rated games indiscriminately to minors in their online store.
Thompson will use Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act as his trump card to use against the retail sales mogul Best Buy. The controversial lawyer drafted a letter addressed to Best Buy's corporate counsel, part of which reads as:
Best Buy, despite promises made to the American people and to me personally, has continued to sell Mature-rated video games to children under seventeen years of age. Best Buy has been doing this at its cash registers here in Miami, Florida, and it is presently doing so, this very moment, at www.bestbuy.com, as it sells Mature-rated games to anyone of any age with no real age verification whatsoever.
At this point it should be noted that according to the Federal Trade Commission, the mere use of a credit card is already an acceptable proof that the buyer is of 18 years of age, since most teenagers under 17 years cannot be issued credit cards.
How will ole' Jack Thompson fare this time? It looks like he is indeed on a roll, what with his recent plea to ban Manhunt 2 through Fox News. Do stay tuned for more updates!
http://wWE TRY TO STEAL PSP-SPOT STAFF.net/Jack-Thompson-to-file-la...g/49/aid/105816
Full Version: Jack Thompson to file lawsuit against Best Buy for selling M-rated games through website
Also, making news: Will this guy ever get a fucking life?
Okay listen folks, I don't get the big deal some kid buys an M game whoopie, like it really matters. I'm sick of the negativity around video games, THEY'RE GAMES FOR GOODNESS SAKE, get off the bloody pedastal, because if a child decides to take their values from a video game and go out and kill someone, then it's you the parent who messed up, not the video game, or video game developer. They bring these things to you as entertainment, and stress relief, not go out and kill someone, I don't think this should be news, because it's nothing but a band of pretencious soccer moms and dads trying to keep their children in a bubble so that way when it comes time to deal with the real world, they have no clue what they're doing and cannot function properly as a member of society.
QUOTE(GantzSensei @ Oct 24 2007, 08:16 AM) 
Okay listen folks, I don't get the big deal some kid buys an M game whoopie, like it really matters. I'm sick of the negativity around video games, THEY'RE GAMES FOR GOODNESS SAKE, get off the bloody pedastal, because if a child decides to take their values from a video game and go out and kill someone, then it's you the parent who messed up, not the video game, or video game developer. They bring these things to you as entertainment, and stress relief, not go out and kill someone, I don't think this should be news, because it's nothing but a band of pretencious soccer moms and dads trying to keep their children in a bubble so that way when it comes time to deal with the real world, they have no clue what they're doing and cannot function properly as a member of society.
Exactly. Parents are getting more and more stupid. They underestimate kids too much.
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.